Iran responds to Pakistan-based terrorist attack

Terrorists based in Pakistan have fired projectiles at Iran’s border region of Saravan, killing two local workers, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said in a statement.

“On Saturday afternoon, a terrorist team associated with the global arrogance and foreign intelligence services fired at the Islamic Republic of Iran’s borders in the Saravan region with indirect fire weapons and light weaponry, martyring two native workers,” an IRGC statement said.

“The combatants of the IRGC Ground Force at the Quds base reacted to the terrorist move, killing one of the terrorists and wounding two others,” it added.

The statement said other members of the terrorist group fled deeper into the Pakistani territory after facing retaliation from IRGC troops.